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-HANSEN. LINE HOLDER.

(No Model.)

Patented June '1-1, 1895.-

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2 Jlfapm UNITED STATES PATENT Drums.

LOUIS HANSEN, OF MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA, A-SSIGNOR'OF ONE-HALF TO HANSA. HANSEN, OF SAME PLACE.

Ll'N E-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 540,736, dated June 11,1 895.

' Application filed February 18, 1895. Serial No. 33,8l2- (No model.)

To all whom it mdy concern.-

Be it known that I, LOUIS HANSEN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Minne permit the same to be readily removed or ap-' pliedinto working position on the holder.

To these' ends the invention consists in the novel features ofconstruction hereinafter fully described, and defined in the claim.

In the said drawings, like letters referring to like parts, Figure 1 isa perspective view showing a pair of holders as applied for re movablyholding a clothes-line. Fig. 2 is a front side elevation of one of theholders detached. Fig. 3 is an end view of the same.

Fig. 4 is a vertical cross-section of the holder on the line as w ofFig. 2. Figs. 5 and 6 are views, partly in front elevation and partly invertical section, on the line as 00' of Figs. 3

and 4, the said Fig. 5 showing the eccentric sheave'or cam in itsline-releasingposition, and Fig. 6 showing the same in its line clampingor holding position.

a a represent a pair of posts between which the line b is assumed to bestretched. The said posts a, are shown as provided with hooks a, forsecuring the holders to the posts in working position. Each holder iscomposed of a block or body a and an eccentric sheave or cam d. Theblock or body 0, has an eye 0' or other means, forremovably connectingthe holder to the hooks a, or other support, when in working position, aseat a for the eccentric sheave or cam d, a side slot or mouth 0 forentering theline sidewise into working position, and a guide-lip orflange c for co-operation with the stem or handle portion of theblockbody, to guide the line into the month or slot 0 The eccentricsheave or cam 61 is eccentrically pivoted to the body portion 0 withinthe seat 0 bya pivot-bolt d, or in any other suitable way. The bodyportion c'is cut away to form the sheave-seat c and this seat is largeenough at the back end to permit the sheave or cam d to be inserted intoits working position, and islarge enough at its forward end to permitthefree outward passage of the line. The sheave or cam d is provided on itsperiphery with a V-shaped 6o sheave or cam d will appear as in Fig. 5;and

the line b may be readily inserted, through the mouth or side slot 0into its working position between the sheave and the overhangingshoulder of the sheave seat 0 When the eccentric sheave or cam d isturned into the position shown in Fig. 6, it will clamp the line againstthe overhanging shoulder of the seat 0 and firmly hold the cord frombeing drawn through the holder under the working strain on the line.Hence, having regard to So the right hand holder, shown in Fig.1, forexample, and supposing the left hand end of the line b to have beenalreadysecured, the line may be applied to the right hand holder anddrawn toward the right until taut; and '8 on then releasing the'line orapplying strain to the same, on its working or left hand side, theeccentric sheave or cam 01 will be turned into its clamping position asshown in Fig. 6, and will hold the lines properly stretched. Where bothends of the line b, are to. be secured by the holders as shown in Fig.1, the holders will face in opposite directions; as this arrangementwill permit both of the cam sheaves to tighten or assume their clampingposition on the line, by movements. toward each other, or in theline ofthe working strain on the line.

' With this device,it is obvious thataclothes line or other similarflexible cable or connection may be securely and removably held inworking position, and may be readily put into or taken from the workingposition or applied to the working position, at will, without requiringthe ordinary threading action through the sheave block, and without theremoval of the holders.

It will, of course, be understood, that while this invention wasespecially designed for holding clothes lines, that it is capable ofgeneral application, for holding ropes, wires, or other forms of cablesor flexible connections. The word line as used in this specification andclaim is intended to be generic in sense and to cover and include allkinds of connections adapted to be clamped and held by the said holders.

This kind of a holder would be of special service, for holding wires,which areliable to stretch or become slack, ferany reason, under I11testimony whereof I aifix my signature 30 in presence of two witnesses.

LOUIS HANSEN. Witnesses:

HANS A. HANSEN, J AS. F. WILLIAMSON.

